Colour

#BBC8EC

#BBC8EC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#BBC8EC is a blue with RGB values 187, 200, 236 and HSL 224°, 56%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#BBC8EC#BBC8EC

HEX#BBC8EC

RGBrgb(187, 200, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7843, 0.9255

RGB percentages73.3%, 78.4%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(224.1, 56.3%, 82.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.1, 20.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK20.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,306,668

CSS custom property--colour: #BBC8EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.59:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#443713

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDCBEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAC6EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#AFCFD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.4 Thistle · ΔE 14.3 Lavender · ΔE 14.7 Light blue · ΔE 16.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7 Sky blue · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ECDFBB

Analogous#BBE1EC, #C6BBEC

Triadic#ECBBC8, #C8ECBB

Split complementary#ECC6BB, #E1ECBB

Tetradic#ECBBE1, #ECDFBB, #BBECC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E3E8F7

Darker −10%#93A8E1

Darker −20%#6B88D6

Darker −30%#4367CB

Darker −40%#3051AB

More saturated +25%#B0C3F7

Less saturated −25%#C6CDE1

Channel breakdown

R187

G200

B236

Red187 (73.3%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue224.08°

Saturation (HSL)56.32%

Lightness82.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BB · G C8 · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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